I can only wonder what the Right Honourable Mr Ben Wilson would answer to your question flapjack 
i'll tell you what is less impressive viewing
watching pkra ****e on foxtel yestrday morning, these guys best in the world doing dingle dangle crap - exactly that - crap watching, and the females - well there is better entertainment at peli point each arvo as beginners try to kill all and sundry- and they get higher too
for me kite surfing a world class wave in the arvo after surfing it in the morning. pretty hard to beat
couldnt give a toss who is watching - its extreme fun for me
kite surfing has different aspects, can do aerials, power over/around close outs and make the most of what can be a very long ride, and then no paddle out
hmmmm
looking cool
the only time i look cool is in the mirror
at 44yo, looking cool is not a consideration
perhaps you should bolt the board to the roofies, cover the car in stickers, peroxide your hair and sit around making excuses, not enough wind, too small (your dick) blah blah
Hey Flapjack,
You seem to be obsessed with how you appear to others and looking "cool" is obviously a high priority to you too. Pity!
Pretty funny 'cause in about 15-20 years, you'll see what cool really is... Impressionable people with low self esteem being fleeced of every spare cent to conform to a societal "norm" set by your low self esteem peer group.
Meanwhile the 40+ YO capatilists in charge of hyping the cool and pumping out product to con you and your low self esteem out of all your money. They sit in their counting house, counting all your money laughing their arses off at the people desperatley trying to be cool whilst making them multi millionaires. Now which boat should they choose, the 48 or the 50 foot gin palace? Hmmmmm. While you barely have the money left over for pizza and beer. But at least you're cool eh?
Being cool is over rated, just shut up and ride for your own amusement and choose lifestyle, freedom and fun by carving your own groove. Find what lights your wick and instead of looking around to see what everyone else thinks, just go out and do it anyways. Sticking the middle finger to the masses and being an individual.
Damn!, Maybe thats cool?
Good winds,
Rrwwrrrr Ffft Ffft Rrrwwrrrr...
What kind of a poossy gives two figs about whether the style is cool or even deamed to be by anyone else??? 
Whatever floats ya boat and leaves a grin onya chin. If that is wave - cool. If that is wake - cool. If that is slalom - cool. If that is air etc etc...
Go back to your cool lunchbox... yawn
I swear there's something in the water in S.A. Get a life and Smack a lip with a board and a kite pulling you along. There nothing better than a five to six foot wave with a cross wind and ripping massive bottom hand turn. you carn't tell me thats boring. Dude you need to get off the couch a bit more.
F*ck me flapjack your over the bag limit. I'm reporting you to fisheries.
But you chose only the most succulent bait, deep down these beat up failed freestylers know that they are only kidding themselves. Defensive much.
Just thought i would comment on this one . Being a windsurfer i don't usually post in the kite section .
BUT the only thing that i find impressing about kitesurfing is when i see guys ripping it in the waves .Either doing massive cut backs in an evil shore break or some down the line reef breaks... awsome!! When you think about the word "kite-surfer" it is just that "kite" and "surf" If you only kite on the flat and do dangly teabagging tricky things you can only call yourself a kite-boarder.
It's plain to see that kiting in waves takes some skills ..kite position, when to turn ,timing etc.etc.Where as learning to kite on flat water only takes a few months, from what i've seen.
Anyway my thoughts on the subject i'll get back in my box
the problem with that shot is that you can't see the mega 15ft bomb that 1ft wave is turning into
But seriously laugh at me all you like, I enjoy kiting and I really don't give a F&CK what you or anyone else thinks.
Flapjack... obviously you were dropped on the head as a kid. You are basically posting photos of nOObs... you can do this with surfing by itself too champ...
You really should be posting pics like this...
In defense of their chosen discipline,
a lot of the wave crew jumped on poor Flapper like flies onto a turd.
Initially, I don't believe Flapper began the topic as a flatwater bandit vs wavehead thread.
No.
But it morphed into one.
This forum....lol.
But once Flapper realised he had a live one,
he milked it for more mileage by posting lame pics.
lol.
yep, definitely hit a nerve there flapjack. a lot of people are obviously feeling inadequate about wavekiting and think they are needed to defend it from any scrutiny.
